History on Campus
This student was the first African-American person to earn a degree from UGA.
Who is Mary Frances Early!
This woman has been awarded the most Grammy awards of any artist ever...
Beyoncé
Name one Black-owned business in Athens, GA.
At age of 15, this young woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white women in 1955. Who was she?
Claudette Colvin
This director had the largest opening for an original horror film ever...
Jordan Peele
While not the first to graduate, the first Black students admitted to the University of Georgia were...
Ms. Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Mr. Hamilton Holmes
Barack Obama, our first Black president, was elected in what year?
2008
Per the Guinness Book of World Records, who is the first female self-made billionaire in America?
Madam C.J. Walker
The Civil Rights Act aimed at ending segregation was passed in what year?
1964
Starring in Johnson Family Vacation, this star was the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America in 1984...
Vanessa Williams
This Black neighborhood was destroyed to make room for student housing dorms Brumby Hall, Russell Hall, and Creswell Hall...
Linnentown
Vice President Kamala Harris was a senator of what state from 2017-2021?
California
Race riots in 1921 destroyed this affluent community dubbed "Black Wall Street". In what city was this community located?
Tulsa, OK
This influential vocalist participated in the civil rights movement, singing for fundraisers and at the March on Washington in 1963...
Mahalia Jackson
In 2019, she became the youngest person ever to produce a film
Marsai Martin
What are the full names of at least one of the African Americans Black-Diallo-Miller Hall is named after?
Harold Alonza Black, Mary Blackwell Diallo and Kerry Rushin Miller
The longest running #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 was released by this artist...
Lil Nas X
This venue in Athens is the oldest surviving vaudeville theatre in the United States, uniquely built, owned, and operated by an African-American...
Morton Theatre
While not the first sit-in of the civil rights movement, this sit-in is of the best-known and involved 4 HBCU students. The four students involved attended which school...
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University
The highest-grossing movie directed by a Black director is...
Black Panther
The C.L.A.S.S. Advocate Program was formally established in which decade?
The 90s/1992
New York Times named "Black Lives Matter" the largest movement in history which year?
2020
This record company was America's highest-earning Black-owned business for decades...
Motown Records
While not as celebrated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Malcolm X Day is celebrated during which month?
May/May 19th
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